Flammulaster muricatus (Fr.) Watling
(Toothed Powdercap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Flammulaster muricatus (Toothed Powdercap)
Genus	Flammulaster (a genus of toadstools)
Family	INOCYBACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Flammulaster muricatus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature

Flammulaster muricatus (Toothed Powdercap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Flammulaster
(a genus of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Flammulaster muricatus (Toothed Powdercap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Flammulaster muricatus (Toothed Powdercap)

VU/B

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Flammulaster muricatus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)